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Laser weaponry might change the way battles are fought
Aug 22 2008, Jaiyant Cavale

Things are really changing with the times and finally, laser beams are being placed on top of a massive 35-ton-plus truck. The high-energy laser weapon system is aimed at destroying rockets, artillery shells and mortar rounds. Tests will be conducted...

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Fire lights up the sky line, at a military base, on the outskirts of the town of Lozovaya, Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. Artillery shells and other ammunition at the storage site in Ukraine exploded after a forest fire spread to the facility,...

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